Hartford ID Cards Financially Senseless

The city of Hartford will soon be issuing government ID cards to illegal immigrants [Nov. 26, Page 1, "City To Issue IDs In Spring"]. The IDs will allow them "better access to crucial services like skills programs and English language courses." These services are obviously to be paid for by Hartford's taxpayers. Other "services" include public schools, use of Hartford hospitals, and social services offered by Hartford and the state.

The next day, The Courant's editorial attacked Donald Trump for threatening to withhold federal funds from so-called sanctuary cities like Hartford that refuse to cooperate with federal authorities in enforcing immigration laws ["Hands Off Sanctuaries Of Learning"].

So, Hartford's Democratic city council aggravates its own financial problems by inviting in illegal immigrants who drive up city costs, encouraged to do so by its main newspaper, while both of them complain about Hartford's financial plight. They then ask that the state compel the towns around Hartford to give the city tax revenues so it can, in Democratic Mayor Luke Bronin's words, "continue to provide needed services."

With this kind of intellectually bankrupt leadership, it's no wonder Hartford will soon be financially bankrupt.